Grant Recipients
Since 1997, AMB has funded many projects with non-profit organizations throughout North and South America. The AMB Foundation helps fund projects that support the economic empowerment, education, health, and cultural preservation of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Below are some of those organizations that we hope you will support as well.
First Nations Development Institute
First Nations seeks to strengthen the long-term sustainability of Native non-profits. They provide training for Native professionals in grant writing, fundraising, and messaging. They emphasize helping organizations communicate their stories effectively and authentically from a strength-based framework.
American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships and programming to enrolled members of federally and state recognized Indian tribes and descendants living in the U.S., along with Alaska Natives. After graduation, many scholars serve their sovereign nations. Education is the answer to creating a better future.
Nuya' (formerly Mil Milagros)
Nuya’ fosters Indigenous women’s leadership through training and implementation of life-changing community programs in rural Guatemala. They provide food staples and nutritional supplements as well as workshops for mothers on parenting, personal development, health, and entrepreneurship.
Friendship Bridge
Through their programs, Friendship Bridge creates opportunities to empower Guatemalan women to build better lives. In addition to providing business loans, they offer culturally appropriate healthcare as well as education on business and financial management, women's rights, and women's health.
Xela Aid began with volunteers delivering emergency health care to Guatemalan villages during the country's civil war. They built a clinic and learning campus in San Martin Chiquito. They provide a wide range of healthcare services to 60 rural communities including a Special Needs Program, a Montessori preschool, a study center, and support small businesses with trainings, mentoring, and microloans.​
Casa Colibri is a humantiarian organization commited to helping the Mayan people of Northwest Guatemala improve their lives through programs, education, and infrastructure. They provide prenatal care in rural villages and train midwives.
MedWish works alongside healthcare facilities and medical missions across the globe to provide international medical aid where it is needed most. Since its founding, Medwish has shipped life-saving supplies to recipients in 117 countries including Helping Hands for Honduras and Honduran Children's Rescue Fund.
Solidarity Bridge partners with communities in Bolivia and Paraguay to increase access to safe, affordable surgery and other essential healthcare. They supply medical equipment to local hospitals, physicians and patients. Through year-round virtual exchanges and short-term medical mission trips, they connect US medical practitioners to their peers in each country.
Global Pediatric Alliance builds long-term partnerships with communities in Mexico to ensure Indigenous and rural women & children have access to quality, equitable, and respectful health services. They train community health workers and promote maternal and women's health, pediatrics, neonatal care, and nutrition with the goal of decreasing illnesses in women and children living in rural areas.
The Olive Tree Foundation for Education provides scholarships for indigenous students in Peru. They help with tuition expenses for economically disadvantaged students who wish to pursue post-high school education.
ConnectED identifies, develops, and supports Community Education Leaders in rural Latin America. In collaboration with their communities, fellows identify the most urgent educational needs and create projects to address them. ConnectED's bottom-up approach harnesses the energy and commitment of local education leaders by supporting capacity development, mentoring, and providing networking opportunities.
Honduras Good Works has been taking short-term medical and dental brigades to Honduras since 1999. In addition, they provide year-round support to the communities they serve by supplying water filters to families in the villages, multivitamins to those most vulnerable to malnutrition, and antiparasitic supplements to primary school children.
By providing medical education for essential surgeries and burn care,
local healthcare professionals receive
the training they need to treat patients
in their own communities
and spread their knowledge
among their peers.
Note: While Physicians for Peace has ended its chapter, its work is being continued through ReSurge International.
The Nicaraguan Education Resource Center seeks to elevate Nicaraguans and their communities through literacy and education. They have several programs: Academic Success, Library Services, Youth Development, and Community Health. AMB has supported the Community Health program that delivers information on adolescent girls' rights, focusing on prevention strategies to reduce their risk of experiencing early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and violence, as well as mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.
Grant History
Reinforcing our commitment to support the indigenous people of the Americas, especially the most vulnerable, through grants.
